Cover of the textbook English File Advanced - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Colloquial English 6 & 7 for the textbook English File Advanced - Student's Book with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden, Jerry Lambert and Kate Chomacki from Oxford University Press

Question

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  2. Watch again. Answer the questions.
  3. -
  4. Watch some extracts and complete the adverbs or adverbial phrases. Why do the speakers use them?

Answer

b)

  1. She loved reading The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. The graphic novel was disappointing because seeing how someone else showed the fantasy world ruined it for her.
  2. He had dyslexia. His mum would read to him and he'd look at the pictures.
  3. Pictures give children something to base things on when they can't read for themselves. The Harry Potter films showed the world just as she'd imagined it when reading the books.

d)

They are used to add stress and emphasis.